amazon rainforest

case study for ELSS

Which eight developing countries the rainforest is in?

Brazil

Bolivia

Peru

Ecuador

Colombia

Venezuela

Guyana

Suriname - french province

the landscape contains:

about 1 in 10 known species on earth

1.4 billion acres of dense forests

20% of the worlds liquid freshwater

2.7 million square miles in the Amazon basin, 40% of south america

how much carbon?

estimater 150-200 billion tons pf carbon

to help stabilize the local and global climate

negative impact of deforestation?

deforestation releases significant amounts of carbon, having negative impacts and consequences on the world

species and wildlife

one of the world’s last refuges for jaguars, harpy eagles,a nd pink river dolphins, and home to thousands if birds and butterflies.

tree-dwelling species - two-toed sloths, pygmy marmosets, sadleback and emperor tamarins, and goeldi’s monkeys.

• close to 50,000 plant species

• about 2,400 fresh water fish species

• more than 370 types of reptiles